Acquisitions/transactions
Knowledge management platform Bloomfire has acquired customer support SaaS company Seva to improve its capabilities and to expand its reach in the enterprise knowledge management and generative AI space.
Cloud data platform Teradata has acquired data catalog solution Stemma Technologies.
Advertising and data and marketing platform iSOCRATES has acquired SIGMA Data Insights.
Strategic insights company A—B has acquired polling and civic research firm Avalanche Insights to help brands, leaders and progressive causes connect with diverse audiences.
Data platform OAG has acquired air travel data provider Infare from Ventiga Capital.
Media measurement, data and analytics software platform DoubleVerify has agreed to acquire digital campaign optimization company Scibids Technology.
Content management and digital experience platform CoreMedia has acquired customer journey, engagement and personalization technology company BySide and chatbot technology Smarkio.
CX platform provider Five9 has entered a definitive agreement to acquire data integration and analytics company Aceyus.
Research data and analytics group YouGov has fully integrated insights consultancy Faster Horses under its corporate brand after acquiring it in 2021.
Business Post Group has acquired research agency Relish Research through its RED C Research subsidiary.
Roper Technologies has acquired performance management software, data and intelligence solutions company Syntellis Performance Solutions.
Private equity firm Novacap has acquired TV advertising solutions provider Cadent.
Software company MikMak has acquired ChannelAdvisor’s Shoppable Media and Brand Analytics product lines from commerce network CommerceHub.
Technology company 1WorldSync has acquired ratings and review company PowerReviews.
Customer life cycle intelligence platform FullCircl has acquired W2 Global Data Solutions for an undisclosed sum.
Alliances/strategic partnerships
Nielsen has renewed its multi-year data license deal with Comcast to expand the use of its return path data in its Nielsen One audience measurement solution.
Horizon Media has selected data integrity company Precisely as its exclusive movement and location data provider. Precisely PlaceIQ will be available within its connected marketing platform blu.
Communications agency Luquire has partnered with qualitative research platform Sympler to provide consumer insights for its clients.
GfK and Meta have partnered to capture and report the lift from brand advertising on Facebook and Instagram.
Audio analysis company audEERING and software platform iMotions have partnered to expand human behavior research and analysis capabilities.
AnalyticsIQ has partnered with data-driven marketing company Claritas to improve marketing ROI with PRIZM Premier segmentation.
App measurement and analytics company Appsflyer has partnered with video game commerce company Xsolla to offer game developers cross-platform insights.
Sponsorship analytics platform Relo Metrics has integrated advertising measurement company VideoAmp’s viewership data set to its platform for sponsorship measurement in sports and entertainment.
Experience management company Alida has deepened its partnership with insights platform Discuss to expand its qualitative research solutions.
Data collaboration platform LiveRamp has expanded its partnership with Pinterest to help advertisers target audiences.
Media measurement platform Integral Ad Science has partnered with X, formerly known as Twitter, to offer advertisers its pre-bid brand safety and suitability product across the social platform.
Advertising technology platform Nexxen has partnered with Lumen Research to offer an omnichannel attention measurement solution to advertisers across CTV, online video and display.
Consumer data company Wavemaker has partnered with social media platform Xiaohongshu to launch a product seeding solution.
Kantar has partnered with Lyft Media to measure campaign effectiveness.
The American Association of Advertising Agencies and the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement have launched a study with consulting firms ThinkMedium and Shullman Advisory to explore state-level privacy laws and platform requirements and their impact on TV measurement and advertising.
Association/organization news
The Advertising Research Foundation and NYU have passed the 100-student milestone with 111 students who have completed or are enrolled in the NYU/ARF Certificate in Marketing Optimization & Insights.
The Australian Data and Insights Association has opened nominations for the Jayne Van Souwe Research Industry Leadership Award. The award is given to an individual who has made an impact to the Australian research, data and insights industry. To nominate a researcher visit www.dataandinsights.com.au/jayne-van-souwe-research-industry-leadership-award-2023.
QRCA has opened applications for the Lloyd J. Harris Scholarship. The scholarship offers moderation training at RIVA Market Research & Training Institute or Burke Institute and is open to individuals within the first five years of their qualitative research career. To apply visit www.qrca.org/page/lloyd-harris-scholarship-fund.
Awards/rankings
The Tony Cowling Foundation has named Kantar Public’s Voice of Ukraine as the 2023 Industry Innovation award winner.
B2B predictive intelligence company 6sense has been named to the 2023 Forbes Cloud 100 list.
Research recruitment firm Rare Patient Voice has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies.
Cultural intelligence company Collage Group has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies.
UX research platform WEVO has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies.
Insights technology platform QualSights has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies.
B2B marketing solutions provider Anteriad has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies.
Consumer intelligence company NIQ recently celebrated its 100th anniversary.
Human insight company UserTesting has named the illumi award winners. To view the full list visit www.usertesting.com/2023-illumi-award-winners.
Customer intelligence platform Dialpad has received the 2023 Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year award in the productivity and collaboration category.
The Certification Institute for Research Quality has certified Versta Research to the ISO 27001 information security standard.
New companies/new divisions/relocations/expansions
MMR Research has opened its Sensory Science Centre in Mumbai, India.
Market researcher Wolvereye has launched Psyclone, a rebranded identity focusing on its corporate clients. It will continue to use its Wolvereye name for its academic research clients.
Australia-based marketing research consultancy Aca Research has rebranded to Fifth Quadrant.
Creative agency John Doe has launched Elsewhere, a market research agency.
AJ Keirans has launched Good Human Partners, a consulting and custom field services company.
Kantar has expanded its Worldpanel Central America consumer panel to the Dominican Republic.
MMR Research has opened a new sensory science center in Elst, Netherlands.
Research company earnings/financial news
Generative analytics and AI company Akkio has raised $15 million in its Series A round of funding to commercialize its analytics and predictive AI platform.
Forrester Research has reported its second-quarter financial results reporting revenue of $135.6 million, a GAAP net income of $5.3 million and an adjusted net income of $18.1 million.
Comscore has released its second-quarter financial results reporting revenue of $93.7 million, a net loss of $44.9 million and an adjusted EBITDA of $8.8 million.
Customer engagement platform Odore has raised $5 million in its seed funding round led by Fuel Ventures.
Digital analytics platform Amplitude has released its second-quarter financial results reporting revenue of $67.8 million, a free cash flow of $19.3 million and an annual recurring revenue of $268 million.
Customer data platform Simon Data has completed its $54 million Series D round of funding led by Macquarie Capital.
Digital data and analytics company Similarweb has released its second-quarter financial results reporting revenue of $53.7 million, a GAAP operating net loss of $9.8 million and a free cash flow of $2.8 million.
Financial consumer data provider Rightfoot has raised $15 million in its Series A round of funding led by Blue Lion Global and Renegade Partners.
Data collaboration platform LiveRamp has released its financial results for the first fiscal 2024 quarter reporting revenue of $154 million, a subscription revenue of $122 million and GAAP gross profit of $108 million.
AI and data exploration company Virtualitics has raised $37 million in its Series C round of funding led by Smith Point Capital.
Product testing platform Highlight has raised $18 million in its Series A round of funding led by Acre Venture Partners and HearstLab.
Data intelligence platform Tracer has closed its $18.1 million Series A round of funding led by NewRoad Capital Partners, Progress Ventures and BDMI.
Data intelligence company Caden has raised $15 million in its Series A round of funding led by Nava Ventures.
Property data and analytics company Kamma has raised £3.6 million in a funding round led by Clean Growth Fund.
Go-to-market intelligence platform provider FlashIntel has raised $10 million in seed and angel funding.
Operational data quality company APERIO has closed its $9 million Series A1 round of funding led by Momenta.
Search and analytics database Rockset has raised $44 million in a funding round led by Icon Ventures.
Decision intelligence app Aily has raised €19 million in its Series A round of funding led by Insight Partners.
Decision intelligence solutions provider ConverSight has raised $9 million in its Series A round of funding led by Surface Ventures.